Dirt-scraper



N. ENGELH'ART.

(No Model.)

DIRT SGRAPER.

WITNESSES SIS 34 INVENTB lhvrrnn 'ra'rns a'rnrv'r rrrcrn RICHOLAS ENGELHART, OF COLUMBUS, OHIO.

DIRT-SCRAPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 356,755, dated February 1, 1887.

To all whom it ma-y concern:

Be it known that I, NICHOLAS ENGELHART, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Columbus, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Dirt-Scrapers,of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates more particularly to improvements in wheel dirt-scrapers, and the objects of my invention are, first, to provide simple and effective mechanism by means of which the bowl of a scraper may he raised, lowered, and dumped; second, to produce the same at a low cost of manufacture. These do jects l accomplish in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is aplan view of a scraper having my improvement thereon. Fig. 2 is a side elevation with one wheel removed, showing the bowl raised in position for carrying dirt. Fig. 3 is a similar view showing the bowl when inverted for dumping. Fig. 4 is a side elevation, showing the bowl in aposiiion for col looting dirt.

Similar letters refer to similar parts through out the several views.

a represents the bowl of the scraper, which is formed in the usual manner.

irreprescnis theshaft,which,extendingtransverse] y across the howl a short distance above the top thereof, is made to hear loosely within the bearing-strips 0, each of which is made to project upwardly from each side of the bowl (4. That portion of each end of the shaft Z) which projects through its hearingstrip c is made crank-shaped. and has the wheel d pivoted on its outer end. Ihe diverging arms of the bail e are provided with the usual rearwardlyextonding handle, said arms extending, when the bowl is elevated for carrying dirt, diagonally forward and outward above the bowl, and thence forwardly in a line parallel to the sides of the bowl to points near the front end thereof. Each of the outwardlyprojecling portions of the arms of the haile is provided with a hole, within which bears loosely the outwardly-projecting portion of the crank-shaped end of the shaft. The for ward extremity of each of the arms of the bail is pivoted to the upper end of a short downwardly-projecting arm, g, said arm being pivoted near its central portion to the bowl by means of a bolt, 9', made to pass therethrough, said bolt also serving to pivot the rear end of the tongue-brace k to the side of the bowl. To the lower end of the short arm gis hooked (Kc model.)

a rod, '5, the remaining end of which is hooked to the central portion of an arm, k, said arm 7; being pivotedat its lower end to the side of the bow], near the front end thereof, thence being bent outwardly and upwardly, and thence inwardly at its upper end to form a short log, or.

Formed on the outer side of the tonguehrace 7, near the point where it leaves the bowl, is formed a lug, a, the front portion of which is made to project upwardly. The front portions of the tongue-braces projecting forwardly are secured both to the tongue cross piece and tongue.

Pivotecl between the arms of the bail at a point in the rear of the bowl is the usual pendent catclrhoolr, 0, which is adapted when the bowl is elevated to engage with the pocket or catch p, made to project from the rear side of the bowl, near the upper edge thereof.

.W'hen it is desired to drop the bowl in position tocollect dirt, the hook 0 is disengaged and the bowl is lowered, thus causing the bail to be elevated, and the lug m of the arm 75, through the arm 9 and rod 2', to bear against the upwardly-projecting portion of the lug a, which operates to prevent the bowl from overturning. hen it is desired to invert the bowl, it may he raised by pressing downward upon the bail e, and causing its hook o to engage with the catch 1). By an upward pressure on the boil 6 the howl may he inverted. in which position it may he held by means of a hook formed on the upper end of a springstrip, 3, adapted to engage with the catch 19. The lower end of said spring-strip is secured to the upper side of the tongue '6.

I-am aware that scrapers have been constructed heretofore, in which a mechanism has been used for raising, lowering, and inverting a bowl including a hail; but the device herein described differs from these in many particulars.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, with the scraper-bowl having the shaft 1) and wheels (I, with the bail e, pivoted arm g, rod '5, arm l1, and lug a, projecting from the tongue-brace h, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

NICHOLAS EKGELHART.

Witnesses:

M. L. MILLIoAn, A. P. Lnrnuor. 

